Warriors guard Stephen Curry rolled his right ankle in Tuesday’s game against New Orleans

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Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) looks up as a banner is raised commemorating the 47 seasons played in Oakland after their NBA game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 131-104. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

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NEW ORLEANS — After clinching the No. 1 seed, the Warriors only had one priority for Tuesday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans: Avoid any injuries.

They could not accomplish that. Warriors star Stephen Curry left early in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game against New Orleans after rolling his right ankle. The Warriors later termed that Curry has a “mild right foot sprain” and would not play the rest of the game for “precautionary reasons.”

Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Curry will “probably sit” in the team’s regular-season finale against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. But Kerr maintained confidence Curry would play in Game 1 of their first-round series scheduled for either Saturday or Sunday.

“He’s in there icing right now,” Kerr said. “I think he’s going to be fine. He tweaked it, but we weren’t going to mess around.”

Curry, who declined to speak to reporters, has had various injuries to his ankles during his 10-year NBA career. But he seemed at ease as he sat by his locker after the game. After posing for pictures with fans by the arena’s loading dock, Curry walked toward the team’s bus on his own without any limp. Curry had tape wrapped around his right foot.